Although the name is Hedinghong, it has nothing to do with the legendary poison "Hedinghong", and it has nothing to do with our cranes. The material used for carving is no wider than Yuyu, and is red on the outside and red on the inside.
Yellow, the texture is more delicate than ivory, and it is often used for carving. Because it is rare, it has always been a rarity in the antique world.
This kind of bird used for carving is called the helmeted hornbill. It is called "Heding" in domestic historical materials. It first appeared in Wang Dayuan's "Dao Yi Zhi Lue" in the late Yuan Dynasty. Its body hair is dark brown and its wings are dark brown.
The tips and tail feathers are white, with wide black stripes. The skin of the male bird's head and neck is exposed and red. The middle and rear parts of the head are bright red, and the front part and beak are yellow. The female bird's neck is light blue, and the head and neck are small and colorful.
lighter.
Nowadays, most of the heads that are generally used for carvings are the heads of male birds. Most of them are hollow, but this one is solid, so it can be used for carving. This is why most of the "Crane Red" carvings are mainly red and yellow.
Already.
What Luo Tian dislikes the most is the so-called antiques made at the cost of the life of a certain creature. This is why his face turned gloomy when he saw the Hedinghong. Behind every piece of Hedinghong carving, there are
A life, but he had to admit that this was indeed the real "Crane Crown Red".
"The red crane crown was popular in the Ming Dynasty. It was imported from Southeast Asia in the Qing Dynasty and refined into antiques. Nowadays, most of them are scattered overseas. This is also an important reason why it is difficult to see such items in the current auction market, but it is also
At the same time, its investment value has been greatly increased." Luo Tian took a breath and teased Xie Ming: "It seems that this time the company has to be in the limelight again, the crane is red."
Xie Ming also knows about crane crown red: "In addition to this simple carving, in fact, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, many officials used crane crowns on their belts and belts. Since the crane was a symbol of the first-class civil servants, it was
Many officials believe that wearing a red item with a crane's crown means that they will rise to the top and become independent. During the Jiajing period, the fourth-grade officials could use gold inlaid tortoiseshell, crane's crown, silver mother, bright horn, Ganan, etc.
The crane top was also used in the production of snuff bottles."
"Maybe it's because of too frequent development that the helmeted hornbill is on the verge of extinction." Luo Tian was a little excited: "Four or five hundred years ago, the fate of the helmeted hornbill ended. Humans are really too selfish.
, too self-righteous!”
Mr. Yang was a little ashamed. Seeing Luo Tian so excited, he nodded his head: "Yes, yes, yes."
Seeing Luo Tian so excited, Xie Ming didn't understand why he was in a bad mood. If he had known that Luo Tian had undergone an unusual test with Cheng Zhen, he would have understood. In the final analysis, Luo Tian would have either participated willingly,
Or surrendered for his own purpose, being abducted like this and tested by various means, he always felt a sense of resentment. Who did she think he was? A puppet on a string?
Xie Ming coughed heavily, which made Luo Tian realize his abnormality. He nodded slightly: "Sorry, I'm too excited."
"It's okay, it's okay." Mr. Yang pointed to the last thing: "Mr. Luo, please help me look at this coin again?"
This is an old round ancient coin. On the front, there are tall and straight words - "Qixiang Chongbao". On the back, there is "Bao" in Manchu on the left and "Yuan" in Manchu on the right.
There was a caliper on the table, which is a tool for accurately measuring the size of ancient coins. Luo Tian picked it up and began to measure, while talking about the results: "The diameter is 4 centimeters and the thickness is 0.15 centimeters. Calculating from this, the weight should be
About 12 grams.”
Luo Tian is not the "Hand of God" like Gu Yuping, but he knows the density of copper, and the result comes from this: "The size and weight are consistent, and the copper is not new copper. It seems to be Qixiang Tongbao, right?
Moreover, it is one of only two kinds of Qixiang Tongbao that has been handed down - Qixiang Chongbao. The 'source' above refers to the Baoyuan Money Casting Bureau under the Ministry of Industry of the Qing Dynasty at that time."
Xie Ming nodded: "I also recognized this one. It seems that I am not old yet."
"Well, Qixiang Tongbao was minted on July 26, the 11th year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. It was not issued yet and was ordered to be abolished on October 5. The Qixiang reign only lasted for 69 days. The coins were returned to the furnace to make Tongzhi money (1861
Years), together with Qixiang Chongbao, it is also known as the shortest-lived coin in China."
"What's going on?" Mr. Yang's question further exposed his identity.
Luo Tian snorted coldly: "In July of the eleventh year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1861), Emperor Xianfeng was critically ill at the Chengde Summer Resort in Rehe. He specially granted the title of Sushun, Zaiyuan, Duanhua and other eight people as ministers of state affairs.
Handling state affairs. Soon after, Emperor Xianfeng died of illness. The eight ministers followed the imperial edict and proclaimed the six-year-old Zai Chun as emperor. They planned to change Yuan Qixiang and cast it the following year. Empress Dowager Cixi, who had a strong desire for power, took the throne in her and Ci'an's name.
, contacted Prince Gong Yixin who was staying in Beijing at the time, and launched a palace coup on September 30, arrested eight ministers, and executed Sushun and three others. This was the famous "Xinyou Coup" in Qing history, also known as "
"Qixiang Coup". Soon, Cixi adopted the proposal of the academician Zhou Zupei, abolished the "Qixiang" era name, stopped minting "Qixiang" coins, switched to the "Tongzhi" era name, and minted "Tongzhi Tongbao" coins. This kind of coins
A single coin is worth more than a thousand yuan."
Mr. Yang suddenly became excited. He thought he had found Luo Tian's loophole: "Since other coins have been minted, how come there are still..."
"A very small amount of Qixiang coins were secretly kept by the minters and managers of the Money Mining Bureau, escaping the fate of being minted. Until now, Qixiang coins have become rare treasures among the Qing Dynasty coins. The current stock
The largest area is in Shanxi. If Mr. Yang is really interested in antiques, he might as well go to the rural areas of Shanxi to pick up land. Mr. Yang, do you know what picking up land is?" Luo Tian suddenly said to Mr. Yang with a playful smile.
"Well..." Mr. Yang did not expect Luo Tianyou to ask this question, and was startled: "I am interested in antiques..."
"Actually, you know nothing about it, right?" Luo Tian started to speak rudely: "The client asked me to guess, her surname is Cheng, right?"
Xie Ming didn't understand the situation: "What's going on, Luo Tian, do you know the client?"
"It seems to be endless." Looking at Mr. Yang's expression, Luo Tian knew that he had guessed correctly: "Please turn to Miss Cheng. I like to deal with people openly. Don't test me again. This time
The game is very boring, I will take the first step."
"Wait a minute!" Mr. Yang stood up excitedly and pointed to the three antiques on the table: "This is the meeting gift given by Mr. Cheng to Mr. Luo!"
Meeting gift? Luo Tian tilted his head: "I would like to ask, what does your Mr. Cheng want to do?"